Samsung asks global partners and to stop Galaxy Note7 sales and replacements

Updated on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 9:35AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. We've not even had a chance to review this flagship handset but have already published multiple posts regarding various dangerous fires and explosions due to faulty batteries. Even as the company tried to get in front of the issue and kicked off a global replacement program. Well, after some of the replacement units started exploding it seems that the issue is bigger than many thought.

Samsung has just issued a statement asking all global partners to stop sales of replacement Galaxy Note7 units and has also asked all, "Canadian consumers with either an original Galaxy Note7 or replacement Galaxy Note7 device should power down and stop using the device. Details of the remedies available for Note7 customers are detailed below."

Click to read more ...

Google Search lets you convert RGB and hex color values

There are a lot of things you can do with Google Search. But did you know it can convert RGB and hex color values, too? This option will be particularly useful for designers who do web design and other graphic design work. Simply type in RGB to hex for the color picker tool to show up. You can either input the exact hex or RGB value to convert or just drag the small circle around the palette. If you select the “Show Color Values” at the bottom, that will show information such as HSV, HSL, and CMYK conversions. Quite a nifty addition we have to say.

Source: CNET

Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ gets a new trailer

The New York Comic Con became home to the new trailer for the upcoming Marvel show that’ll be debuting on Netflix: Iron Fist. Billionaire Danny Rand comes back to New York City and tries to reconnect his past and his family legacy with his newfound Kung-Fu mastery to take down the criminals corrupting New York. Rand, who is played by Finn Jones is joined by Jessica Henwick, Jessica Stroup, Tom Pelphrey, David Wenham, and Rosario Dawson. Iron Fist is the fourth Marvel series to come to Netflix (after Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage. This debut will lead up to the upcoming The Defenders series starring all four heroes. And one of the big surprises from NYCC is who will be playing villain for The Defenders. Iron Fist will debut on March 17, 2017 on Netflix. 

Yahoo Mail disables auto-forwarding, hinders users from leaving service

It hasn’t been an easy past few months from Yahoo, from being reported that the US government used Yahoo to surveil user emails for intelligence information to a massive hack that compromised at least half a billion Yahoo accounts (also considered the biggest data breach yet). But it seems Yahoo wants to keep a hold of its users for a bit. Those who are trying to enable automatic email forwarding on Yahoo Mail can’t seem to do so now (if you’ve had it on before, it should still work). This feature will let you move to rival services.

According to a Yahoo spokesperson, they are trying to get the feature back up as soon as possible. "The feature was temporary disabled as part of previously planned maintenance to improve its functionality between a user's various accounts." But users who want out, aren’t buying it. "This is all extremely suspicious timing," Jason Danner, from Auckland, New Zealand, told the AP. It makes sense that Yahoo wants to keep users as they are still in the middle of closing a deal to sell itself to Verizon.